HOW BIG IS an onion bhaji? If you’re British Bangladeshi chef Oli Khan, it’s 175.5kg – and it comes with a new World Record. The previous World Record was previously set in 2011, at an underwhelming 102kg. It’s not easy ...

HOW ARE RADICAL politicians made? It’s usually out of their own experience, or that of their community. “My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am rexognisably a product of that background.” Diane Abbott, Labour ...

Emdad Rahman ARSAK SPORTS Global Cricket Team will be the only Bangladeshi representative team participating in the coming Asian Challenger Trophy in Nepal. The hotly anticipated cricket showdown commences on 25th February and ends on 5th March, with teams from ...

IT’S THE economy, stupid. And it’s also possible to be stupid about the economy, it seems. “The way forward is for governments to consciously pursue monetary and fiscal stability through setting clear objectives, establishing proper rules, and requiring openness and ...

HOUSEHOLD PETS can nod off in all sorts of strange places. The bed and mattress specialists Bed SOS ran a competition to find the cutest sleeping pets, judged on the basis of their owners’ photographs. The winner was Amy Briscoe ...

TODAY is Candlemas, also known as Candlemass, the formal end to the Christian season of Christmas. Christian ceremonies often echo ceremonies held in pagan communities which pre-date Christianity – and Candlemas is no exception. Many early communities marked the end ...

APATHY for politics was a problem 2000 years ago! “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

POLICE ARE investigating allegations that home fans chanted homophobic abuse at West Ham home match against Brighton on Saturday, 1st February – and they are asking for any witnesses to come forward with information. It is thought that a number ...

THE POWERFUL have always enjoyed freedom of movement. “My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.” US President Barack Obama •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

Emdad Rahman LYNNE NORTHCOTT is celebrating a fantastic week after winning the Small Business of the Year 2020 Award at the British Muslim Awards. Run Leader and sports enthusiast Lynne picked up her prize at the Mercure Hotel in Manchester. Lynne is a marathon runner who ...